About the Authors
- Akemi Morikawa
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Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan, Department of Frontier Science for Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Tamotsu Takeuchi
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* E-mail: takeutit08@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Translational Research, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Yusuke Kito
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Translational Research, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Chiemi Saigo
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Translational Research, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Takuji Sakuratani
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Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Manabu Futamura
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Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan, Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
- Kazuhiro Yoshida
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Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
Competing Interests
One of the authors (Akemi Morikawa) was a member of the Endowed Chair of Gifu University, to which unrestricted research funding will be donated by the commercial company Yakult Honsya Co., Ltd., Tokyo. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TT MF KY. Performed the experiments: AM YK CS TS. Analyzed the data: AM TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM MF KY. Wrote the paper: AM TT.